Browsing Journal Publications by Author "Williams, Warwick"
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The calculation of maximum permissible ambient noise levels for audiometric testing to a given threshold level with a specified uncertainty
Williams, Warwick (National Acoustic Laboratories, 2010-01) -
Camera Traps Can Be Heard and Seen by Animals
Meek, Paul D; Ballard, Guy-Anthony; Fleming, Peter J S; Schaefer, Michael; Williams, Warwick; Falzon, Greg (PLOS ONE, 2015) -
Changing beliefs about leisure noise: using health promotion models to investigate young people’s engagement with and attitudes toward hearing health.
Gilliver, Megan; Beach, Elizabeth; Williams, Warwick (2015)Objective: To investigate factors influencing young people’s motivation to reduce their leisure noise exposure, and protect their hearing health Design: Questionnaires were conducted online to investigate young people’s ... -
The Consequences of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss on Dairy Farm Communities in New Zealand
Canton, Karen; Williams, Warwick (2012) -
The estimation of noise exposure when using hearing protectors
Williams, Warwick (2012) -
Facilitating occupational noise management: The use of a smartphone app as a noise exposure, risk management tool
Williams, Warwick; Zhou, Dan; Stewart, Greg; Knott, Peter (2017) -
Farmers’ work-day noise exposure
Williams, Warwick; Brumby, Susan; Calvano, Adrian; Hatherell, Tracey; Mason, Heidi; Mercer-Grant, Cate; Hogan, Anthony (Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2015)Objective: This study aims to understand the extent of farmers’ exposure to hazardous noise, and trial and test the ability of an on-farm noise audit report to improve awareness and preventative action towards farm ... -
Hearing Protection Devices: Use at Work Predicts use at Play
Beach, Elizabeth; Gilliver, Megan; Williams, Warwick (Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 2015)Use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) at work is widespread and well researched, but less is known about HPD usage in high-noise leisure activities. This study investigated 8,144 Downloaded by [National Acoustic Labs], ... -
Hearing protection for clubbers is music to their ears
Beach, Elizabeth; Williams, Warwick; Gilliver, Megan (Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2010) -
Hearing protectors and people
Williams, Warwick (2012) -
Higher social distress and lower psycho-social wellbeing: examining the coping capacity and health of people with hearing impairment
Hogan, Anthony; Phillips, Rebecca; Brumby, Susan; Williams, Warwick; mercer-Grant, Catherine (Informa Healthcare, 2015) -
Leisure noise exposure: Participation trends, symptoms of hearing damage, and perception of risk
Beach, Elizabeth; Gilliver, Megan; Williams, Warwick (2014)Leisure activities that emit high noise levels have the potential to expose participants to excessive noise exposure, which can result in hearing damage. This study investigated young people’s participation in high-noise ... -
The mechanical properties of earmuffs
Williams, Warwick; Seeto, Mark; Dillon, Harvey (2011)The physical properties of circum-aural hearing protectors, such as mass, clamping force and cup volume, have an influence on the attenuation performance of the device. This paper closely examines the physical and acoustic ... -
The NOISE (Non-Occupational Incidents Situations and Events) Database: A new research tool
Beach, Elizabeth; Gilliver, Megan; Williams, Warwick (2013)This paper describes the development of the NOISE (Non-Occupational Incidents Situations and Events) Database. The NOISE database currently contains 536 separate leisure activities and events, including noise level ... -
Noise exposure in the balance: Managing occupational and leisure risks to hearing health
Gillver, Megan; Williams, Warwick; Beach, Elizabeth (Journal of Health Safety and Environment, 2014)Health and safety risks that are present in both occupational and home/leisure environments can pose difficulties for health and safety professionals when determining risk mitigation responsibilities. Where work is defined ... -
Noise with attitude: Influences on young people’s decisions to protect their hearing
Beach, Elizabeth; Williams, Warwick; Giliver, Megan (2013)Objective: To investigate young people’s experiences and attitudes towards hearing health and their participation in noise reduction behaviours, to better understand how education and prevention messages may be better ... -
Pure tone hearing thresholds and leisure noise: is there a relationship
Williams, Warwick; Carter, Lyndal; Seeto, Mark (Wolters Kluwer, 2015) -
A qualitative study of earplug use as a health behaviour: The role of noise injury symptoms, self-efficacy, and an affinity for music
Beach, Elizabeth; Williams, Warwick; Gilliver, Megan (2010)The use of earplugs in loud music venues is confined to a small minority who wish to avoid hearing damage from excessive noise exposure. Using the framework of the health belief model (HBM), structured interviews were held ... -
A Questionnaire-Based Algorithm for Assessing Occupational Noise Exposure of Construction Workers
Lewkowski, Kate; McCausland, Kahlia; Heyworth, Jane S.; Li, Ian W.; Williams, Warwick; Fritschi, Lin (Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2017)Abstract Objectives Occupational noise exposure is a major cause of hearing loss worldwide. In order to inform preventative strategies, we need to further understand at a population level which workers are most at ... -
A refined single number rating system - for hearing protectors
Williams, Warwick (2012)